>>It is 1/4" hardware cloth with a 1/4" thick plexiglass front that slides off. I built it myself. Crickets do get out pretty easily except for the biggest adults, but that's the only problem I've had with it. I usually just put one cricket in there right in front of him at a time until he stops eating them and catch the last one before it gets out. If I built another one the next time I get a chameleon, I'd probably use some sort of 1/8" screen instead.

Do you have any issues with nose rub? I've always thought that using hardware cloth is not a good idea because of possible nose rub. There's a cage design in Chameleonjournals.com that uses 16 gauge, 1/2 inch, pvc-coated wire mesh. Using PVC coated wire would address the nose rub issue, but you would still have cricket escapees...
Link to cage design by chameleonjournals


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• Pics repost - Jason82, Wed Jul 30 16:41:45 2003
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• Nice pics! - gomezvi, Wed Jul 30 16:50:22 2003
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• RE: I use 1/2" pvc coated hw cloth..... - Joel_Fish, Thu Jul 31 11:08:12 2003
• RE: Nice pics! - Jason82, Thu Jul 31 13:41:46 2003
• wow! - dumbkid, Thu Jul 31 00:14:41 2003